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Decided to get out and enjoy the unseasonably warm temperatures out there in central WA at one of our most scenic lakes, which I'm sure most of you will recognize from this photo. Don't let the calm water fool you; most of the time it was quite windy, sometimes so windy I had to anchor my...

Interesting... Any photos of the fish? By the way, love your two Sandhill Crane photos on your SmugMug site!

If old geezers like me can do it, you younger fellas surely can do it! You can get to the more distant lakes I no longer have the stamina to take on.

Good question... All the fish were found in the 3 to 6 foot depths, not exactly along the edges, but close. I was using my RIO Aqualux II clear intermediate full sinking line.

I don't usually go fishing in the seeps lake area of central WA in mid-December, but the unseasonably warm temperatures out there and the reasonably decent pass conditions motivated me to give it a try. I decided to try a general regulation seep lake that is relatively easy to access. It gets...

Nice job getting everyone in the boat into fish! (y) I'm sure that outing will be a good memory for your grandson that he'll remember for the rest of his life.

I know some of you are into edible mushrooms, as I am, so you might be interested to know that while playing golf yesterday at a golf course near Hood Canal, I happened to find some matsutake (Japanese Pine Mushroom) that were just starting to appear. You likely wouldn't find them unless you...

The sample size was so small that it hardly made sense to include a Fish Size Distribution Chart, but I aim to please, so here it is:

Yeah, I know what you mean. But as you could see from the photo, the weather was decent, and the passes were clear. On Blewett Pass there was snow on the sides of the road and it was 32 degrees, but the road was bare and wet, and probably had some de-icer put down. More worrisome than the...

Fished another scenic little lake in north central WA yesterday. If you've been there you'll probably recognize it from this photo. The water temperature was in the 46 to 47 degree range, and the water clarity was very good with about 15' of visibility (versus about 5' this past spring). No...

The 12 inchers were mostly quite chunky. The larger ones were not as chunky as I've usually seen at this lake, but the sample size was small on this outing, so those fish may not be good representatives of the fish. Then again, the fish I caught in the spring were also not as chunky as in...

But most of them were those smaller fish; I was expecting to catch more of the larger fish, and maybe one or two really big ones (meaning ones in the 21 to 23 inch range).

I fished this central WA lake on Monday (this was my 69th outing to this lake), and I was the only one there all day (which is great if you like solitude, as I do). The scenery is among the most spectacular in all of fly fishing, in my opinion. I love how the setting sun lights up the basalt...

I used to put my pontoon boat on the roof rack of my Outback by myself, but at my age, it is now a 2-person job, so I can imagine that lifting a pram onto the roof rack by yourself would be a pain. That's nice that your pram fits in your Dakota. I could trailer a pram, but then I would have to...

No, I still haven't switched to a pram. I like being able to maneuver with my fins, leaving my hands free to cast. With a pram, you have to use the oars to move around. I'd also have to figure out where to store a pram and how to transport it. However, I can see the advantages of staying...

That's good to know; those fish are eating well, whatever they are eating. Do you like to use scud patterns at this lake or other flies?

Good idea! I actually was using a Zippo rechargeable hand warmer (bought at Costco), but when I'm casting and stripping, I only have a short time to put my hand on the hand warmer (usually when I'm counting down, waiting for the fly and fly line to sink). I've tried electric socks with poor...

Sorry to hear about the pneumonia... When I was in college at West Point, I got pneumonia due to inhaling too much water while taking a mandatory survival swimming class, but the doctors didn't know if it was really pneumonia or tuberculosis, so I ended up staying in an isolation ward for two...

Yeah, where I launched there was fresh Power Bait left on the shoreline, so it seems that this lake is frequented by the gear anglers, although the only other fisherman I saw was a fly caster. By the end of the day, my hands did feel like blocks of ice, and I couldn't move my fingers enough to...

Tried a new lake for me up in north central Washington this past Thursday. If you've been there, you'll probably recognize the lake from my photo. That fog is ice fog, which coats everything with ice. It was very cold out there, especially with a brisk east wind! The water temperature has...